Insect-catcher and bed-spring support.



G. S. MQCORD.

INSECT GATCHER AND BED SPRING SUPPORT.

APPLICATION IIYLED JAN. 8, 191a.

' 1,095,906, Patented May 5, 1914.

l-V/ZYESSLS Aftorrley UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. MCCORD, 0F HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPTI.

INSECT-CATCI-IER AND BED-SPRING- SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. McCono, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holly Springs, in the county of Marshall and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Catchers and Bed-Spring Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bedstead attachments or connections, and pertains especially to a device for suspending mattress frames so as to exclude insects from such frames and from the mattress and from the bed clothing.

The object of the invention is to provide a device attachable to each post of a bedstead for catching bed-bugs and for suspending the mattress frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a specially constructed liquid-holding cup attachable to the bed posts and adapted to hold therein a mattress-frame support.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a frame of novel and peculiar construction for supporting a bed mattress, and special devices for suspending the frame from the bed posts.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application :Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a cup and a portion of the mattress frame showing the suspending arm in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the cups. Fig. 1 is a top view of a post and its connections. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modification.

The same reference characters denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings. 7

The invention is applicable to bedsteads of various construction and character of material, having posts 1, and head and foot rails 2 and 3 respectively.

The frame for supporting the mattress 5, has the usual springs or slats and said frame has end bars 6 having a recess or socket 7 in each end thereof, and side bars 8 connecting the end bars 6. The said frame is provided with upwardly curved end-pieces 6 The supporting cups 9, one of which is applied to each bed post, and all the cups being of the same construction only one of them will be described in detail, such cup having a pair of projections or keys 1O fit- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 8, 19 13.

Patented May 5, 1914:.

Serial No. 740,832.

ting slots of plates 12 secured to the bed post. The bottom of the cup is provided with a rectangular cavity 13 central thereof which extends downwardly from the bottom of the cup into the solid base of the cup, and is surrounded by the body of the cup, and said cup is adapted to hold a chemical liquid 1*, kerosene or water.

There is a suspending arm 14 for each corner of the mattress-supporting frame, all of said arms being the same, only one of them will be described in detail, such arm having a vertical portion 15, the end of which is rectangular or of the same shape as the shape of the cup cavity 13, and is provided with a flange 16, which rests on the bottom of the cup and covers the cup cavity; and the arm has a lateral extension 17 terminating in a projection 18 which fits into the recess or socket 7 of the frame endbars 6. The arm extension 17 is of such length as to hold the mattress frame a distance from the bedstead sufficient to permit the bed clothing to hang therebetween without coming in contact with any part of the bedstead. It will be seen that the arms 14: are incapable of turning in the cup as they are held in proper position by the cup cavity.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 5, the arm 19 is angular, and the lower end of the bar 19 is provided with a setscrew 20, for adjusting a stem 21 therein, so as to accommodate mattress frames of various width, or to vary the space between such frames and the bedsteads. The cup 22 shown in said modification is conical and has a central angular cavity 23 for the lower end of said arm, and the cup is secured to the bed post 24 by means of set bolts 25. This form of cup may be attached to any kind of bed posts.

It is obvious that, in either form of cup, the depending portion of the arm is immersed in the liquid contained in the cup to such depth as to cause death or destruction of the insects, within the cup.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a bed supporting attachment for bedsteads, the combination with a bed frame, and a suspending arm projecting outwardly and downwardly from each corner of the frame and terminating in an angular portion of an insect catching cup attached to each of the bed posts, an angular cavity in the bottom of each cup and forming a seat for holding the said angular portion so as to prevent the said arm from turning, and means for attaching the side of the cup to the said posts.

In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand 1n the presence of tWo wltnesses.

CHARLES S. McGO'RD.

i/Vitnesses:

S. V. HALL, M. M. STRIGKLAND, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five eents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

